Lions rookie OL Christian Mahogany easing closer to returning to action

The Lions are getting closer to finally having one of their 2024 draft picks in the practice lineup. Sixth-round offensive lineman Christian Mahogany is progressing toward being activated from the non-football illness list.

Mahogany has been out all of training camp with an undisclosed illness. He has been away from the team since the June minicamp, where Mahogany played a lot with the second-team offense at right guard. Head coach Dan Campbell stated last week, “We have to assume we don’t have (Mahogany).”

On Sunday, Campbell provided a more promising update on Mahogany.

“Yeah, he’s in the building,” Campbell said of Mahogany. “I don’t see him practicing this week, but he’s here, and we’re going to get him going, start working him, getting his body right, getting back there with (Lions Director of Sports Performance) Mike Clark and (Lions Director of Player Health & Performance Brett Fischer) Fisch and those guys, and just start getting him back in shape. He’ll be in meetings. And then once we feel like he’s in a good place physically, then we’ll probably see where it’s at there.”